As is well known, the most common way of adulterating beer is by means of cocculus indicus.
Picrotoxin, the Active Principle of the Cocculusindicus (Indian Berry, Levant Nut).
In 1829 several men suffered from drinking rum which had been impregnated with Cocculus indicus; one died, the rest recovered.
Witness supposed that such a man's jacket, similar to what he had described, would convey quite sufficient for any brewery in England, as to cocculus indicus.
But with regard to the vegetable materials deleterious to health, it is extremely difficult, in any instance, to detect them by chemical agencies; and in most cases it is quite impossible, as in that of cocculus indicus in beer.
John Mitchell, for usingcocculus india, vitriol, and Guinea pepper, left the country.
Allatson and Abraham, for using cocculus india, multum, and porter flavour, 630l.
The deleterious effect of Cocculus Indicus (the fruit of the memispermum cocculus) is owing to a peculiar bitter principle contained in it; which, when swallowed in minute quantities, intoxicates and acts as poison.
Cocculus indicus is poisonous to all animals, and to most vegetables.
The botanical name of this plant is Jateorhiza palmata, or Cocculus palmatus.
A small portion of thecocculus indicus imported is used by poachers, and a still smaller quantity to destroy vermin, the remaining, and by far the greater part, being employed to adulterate beer and even wine.
Chemists and druggists are liable to severe penalties if they are found supplying cocculus indicus, or any extract of the same, to brewers or publicans.
Dishonest publicans, too, first reduce their beer by means of salt and water, and afterwards give it intoxicating properties by adding cocculus extract.
A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus.
Defn: A bitter white crystalline substance found in thecocculus indicus.
Cocculus of Wright and Arnot, and Cocculus suberosus of Decandolle.
The Calumba plant (Cocculus palmatus, Decandolle, or Minispermum palmatum) furnishes the medicinal Colombo root, which is one of the most useful stomachics and tonics in cases of dyspepsia.
The capsules and seeds of Xanthoxylum hostile are also employed for the same purpose as cocculus indicus.
But the case is different with cocculus indicus, and stramonium, and sulphuric acid, and sugar of lead, and the like.
Cocculus indicus, tobacco-leaves, and stramonium, cooked in the beer, etc.
Cocculus indicus contains picrotoxin, which is an "acrid narcotic poison;" from five to ten grains will kill a strong dog.
The fruit is used in some parts of India to kill the fish in ponds and sluggish rivers, the same use to which they sometimes put the "Cocculus Indicus.
It is frequently present in malt liquors, owing to their common adulteration withCocculus indicus.
A poisonous principle discovered by Boullay in the fruit of Anamirta paniculata, or Cocculus indicus.
Alcoholic extract of Cocculus indicus is exhausted with the smallest possible quantity of water, and the mixed liquors filtered; to the filtrate hydrochloric acid is added, and the whole set aside to crystallise.
Precipitate a decoction of Cocculus indicus with a solution of acetate of lead, gently evaporate to dryness, redissolve the residuum in alcohol of .
Take an equal quantity of cocculus indicus, coriander, fenugreek, and cummin seeds, and reduce them to a powder.
Others, again, intoxicate or poison them, by mixing with the repast prepared for them the cocculus indicus, or the nux vomica.
If, indeed, the cocculus indicus be well powdered, and infused in strong beer for some time, at least half the quantity here directed will serve as well as the quantity before mentioned.
Cocculus Indicus is largely imported into this country, considering that few know for what other purpose it is used than to adulterate beer.
Besides, this beer is so preciously done up, that one does not know whether there's most cocculus indicus or most tobacco-juice in it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cocculus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
